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Blue and Yellow
I first color blue, then yellow. Take one ounce prussiate of potash, one tablespoon of copperas, one ounce oil of vitriol. Bring to a boil. Then put in the goods for twenty minutes, skimming often. This is sufficient for five pounds.
To color yellow, dissolve one and a half pounds sugar of lead in hot water, one and a half ounces bichromate of potash, dissolved in a vessel of wood in cold water. Dip first in lead water, then in the potash, and alternate until the color suits. -MRS. H. A. B., Pompeii, Mich.